A majority of CFOs believe the US will be in a recession within a year

Why is everyone so pessimistic? A survey of 225 chief financial officers by Duke University shows pessimism on the U.S. economy has been growing steadily this year,...

How to avoid being blindsided in M&A

In late 2018 Japan's Lixil Group announced that it had called off the €467 million ($535 million) sale of Permasteelisa, its 100%-owned Italian maker of curtain walls and...

What digital transformation teaches finance leaders

Without a bell or intercom in sight, the doors of Roche’s Hong Kong office opened automatically. Two touch screens were waiting for visitors to input the names of the...

Simple Technological Solutions to Help Business Owners Combat Fraud

Fraud, particularly internal theft, is a prevalent issue for many businesses. And unfortunately, if it’s not detected in time, it can put your company-owning clients out...

CT designers rebuke data suggesting open offices are productivity killers

Many companies in recent years have pivoted to open floor plans within their offices, believing they boost recruitment, productivity and collaboration. But recent...

Finance Needs People Who Work Well With Robots

Today, it’s not just humans competing for work in banking. Machines are becoming a threat to warm-blooded number crunchers worldwide. Indeed, almost one-third of...

Don’t Be Paralyzed By The Speed Of Change

A board director recently shared with me that her leadership team was “paralyzed by the seemingly endless possibilities” of the future. They’re certainly not alone. Change...

Are Your Company’s Strengths Really Weaknesses?

Look at a map of the world drawn upside down. It’s a good way to challenge your assumptions about the way the world is — especially which continents and oceans are bigger...

Blockchain vendors need to focus on buyers’ needs

The business value added by mature blockchain platforms will grow significantly in the next few years, from just over $176 billion by 2025 to $3.1 trillion by 2030,...

Money Matters: Survey Finds Workers Are Scrutinizing Salaries; Feelings Split On Pay Satisfaction

U.S. employees are putting in more work when it comes to knowing their worth, according to new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. The studies revealed that...

How Small Firm Tech Strategy Can Mirror Large Firms

oman Kepczyk has spent 23 years working with some of the largest accounting firms in the US to help them select and implement technology. Now, as the Director of Firm...

Public Accounting Firm Hiring Model Shifts: AICPA ‘Trends Report’

Rapid advances in technology continue to impact the accounting profession. As CPA firms shift their hiring models to focus more on technology skills, non-accounting...

As high-deductible health plans grow in popularity, some state officials want to rein them in

Health insurance policies with increasingly high deductibles have become the norm in Connecticut, and now, a top Democratic state lawmaker and his allies are taking aim at...

Survey: 96% Of Managers Say Their Staff Are Experiencing Some Degree Of Burnout

The country is nearly at full employment, but U.S. workers may also be approaching full burnout. On the heels of the World Health Organization defining it as a syndrome...

Talent strategies for the digital age

Work in the digital age is changing — radically and rapidly. Results of Deloitte’s 2019 Global Human Capital Trends survey suggest that the ways organisations attract and...

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